Cosmetic kits



J. VARDAROS Feb. 11, 1969 COSMETIC KITS Filed Aug. 26. 1966 INVENTOR 067W 5 1 FIG. 4

JJQA T ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,426,768 COSMETIC KITS JohnVardaros New York, N.Y. (85 Cornell Lane, Hicksville, N.Y. 11801) FiledAug. 26, 1966, Ser. No. 575,394 US. Cl. 13279 Int. Cl. A4511 40/24 4Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE This invention relates to cosmetickits and more particularly to paste form cosmetics such as lipstick andmascara wherein a number of such cosmetics are contained in anessentially single unit.

The problem of supplying ditferent paste cosmetics in a single body hasexisted for years. To my knowledge solutions have been attempted on thebasis of separate holders for each cosmetic with means to support allthe holders. Obviously, this involved complexities and nuisance if theseparable holders became detached.

With the foregoing in mind, I have devised an essentially unitarycosmetic kit where a variety of paste form cosmetics are disposed on asingle integral body. Selection of the desired cosmetic is facilitatedbecause they are easily viewed without requiring removal of caps or thelike. Further, economies are realized both in the manufacture, andduring usage by the consumer.

Specifically, I provide a cylindrical body with multiple, elongatedcavities or troughs, each holding a differently colored lipstick andoptionally, mascara. A brush applicator is employed. The body may berotatably mounted in a holder or container formed so as to expose anyone cavity for access by the applicator brush. The cavities are soshaped as to compact residual paste during usage thereof, affordingconsiderable economies. The shape of the cavities is also such as toguide the brush and facilitate deposit thereon of the selected cosmetic.Further advantages and improvements, such as in the brush system will bedescribed hereinafter.

The invention will be further understood from the (following descriptionand drawings wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the composite kit;

FIGURE 2 is a top plan view thereof with the cover removed;

FIGURE 3 is a cross-sectional view as taken along the line 3-3 of FIGURE2;

FIGURE 4 is a cross-sectional view as taken along the line 4-4 of FIGURE2;

FIGURE 5 is an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view as taken alongthe line 5-5 of FIGURE 2;

FIGURE 6 is an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view as taken alongthe line 6-6 of FIGURE 3; and

FIGURE 7 is an enlarged fragmentary cross-sectional view as taken alongthe line 77 of FIGURE 3.

The device is shown incorporated in an essentially conventionalcontainer comprising a hollow body 10 and hinged cover 11, all ofplastic. A mirror 12 is as usual adhered to the cover 11.

Body 10 has a top panel 13 which is formed with a central, elongatedaccess opening 13a. At the four corners of rectangular panel 13, formedessentially as depressions in panel 13, are chambers 14 for housingbrush heads 15 as hereinafter explained. Panel 13 also has shallowdepression 16 for housing a brush handle 17.

The cosmetic holder comprises an elongated cylindrical body 20 having aplurality of elongated trough-shaped or U-shaped cavities 21 extendingsubstantially the length of body 20 and having open mouths by which theyare filled with cosmetic paste 22. Such paste is essentially lipstickwhich may be of the usual brush-on variety although mascara or the likemay also be disposed in one of the cavities. Body 20 has integralpartitions 23 separating the cavities 21, said cavities being radiallyor angularly arranged about the body so as to occupy substantially allof the outer surface of the body except for the partitions 23 and thecavities extending parallel to the longitudinal axis of body 20. As isevident, body 20 may be formed as an extrusion, and end walls 24 and 25may be secured thereto, said end walls having respective stub shafts 24aand 25a.

Means are provided to rotatably mount body 20 within the container. Thusintegral brackets 26 and 27 depend downwardly from the underside ofpanel 13. Said brackets have openings 28 for rotatably receiving thestub shafts.

Stub shaft 24a has a knurled, axially disposed wheel 30 which protrudesthrough panel 13 as illustrated in FIGURES 1 and 3, specifically, a well31 exposing the wheel 30.

It is also desirable to provide detents for determining or fixing therotational or angular position of body 20 so as to facilitatepositioning and usage of the cosmetics as hereinafter explained. Forthis purpose, I provide a depending arm 32 having a bump 33. The outerface of knurled wheel 30 has four dimples 34 in substantial alignmentwith the cavities 21. Thus, as wheel 30 is manually rotated to select adesired cosmetic, the dimples 34 will be selectively engaged by the bump33 so as to resiliently click the body 20 into selected positions.

My invention is practiced as follows:

The cavities 21 may for example contain differently colored lipsticksand/0r mascara. Four brush heads 15 will also be provided. Said brushheads include the brush section 16 which is about of the same width asthat of the cavities, e.g. about 7 This features helps in drawing thebrush along a cavity, particularly as the paste is used up, the mouth orwalls of the cavity guiding the brush.

Brush heads 15 include enlarged disks 35 having central openings 36.Disks 35 comprise flanges which rest on panel 13 over chambers 14. Brushhandle 17 has a reduced lower split shaft end 17a. Shaft ends 17aselectively frictionally engages the openings 36 of disk 35. Brush heads15 are vertically housed in chambers 14. Accordingly, selection of abrush head is most convenient, in fact, not even requiring the user totouch the brush itself. The user will simply press the shaft end 17a ofhandle 17 into the disk opening. When returning the brush head to itschamber, the user will simply press her finger against disk 35 as arestraint and pull the handle 17 out.

The brushes may be effectively color coded to match the cosmetic colors22. This is best done by providing dimples 37 adjacent each chamber 14which dimples are provided with a matching color. Thus, for example, abrush used for red may be returned to the red identified chamber.Alternatively the disks 35 may be colored, although this is somewhatmore expensive.

Assume the user desires to apply red lipstick: She will rotate wheel 30so that the red paste is exposed through access opening She will selectthe red brush head and will draw the brush along the length of theexposed cavity between its partitions 23 which may guide the brush. Itmay also be observed that the cavities being narrow and substantiallyU-shaped, the floor thereof is narrower than the mouth and walls so thatas the paste is used the remainder tends to compact at the floor so asto save paste and eifect economies.

Thus I have shown a multiple lipstick or cosmetic kit which convenientlysupplies many such pastes in essentially one cylindrical body. Evermascara, or eye liners may be accommodated. While a preferred embodimentof my invention has been shown, it is obvious that numerous changes andomissions may be made without departing from its spirit.

What is claimed is:

1. A cosmetic kit comprising an elongated body, a plurality of openmouthed cavities formed in said body, each of said cavities containing asupply of cosmetic paste of respectively differing colors, andapplicator means for picking up cosmetic paste from a selected cavityand applying it to the person, said body being cylindrical, saidcavities extending peripherally of said body and parallel to thelongitudinal axis thereof so that each cavity mouth extendssubstantially the length of said body, and a hollow container having atop panel, said body being rotatably mounted within said container andsaid top panel having an elongated opening formed therein forselectively exposing a cavity as said body is rotated.

2. A cosmetic kit according to claim 1 and wherein all of said cavitiesare of the same width and length, and said opening being substantiallyof said width and length so as to substantially isolate a selectedcavity for access thereto by said applicator means, and a wheelconnected axially of said body and extending through said top panelwhereby said body may be rotatably actuated thereby.

3. A cosmetic kit according to claim 2 and wherein said applicator meanscomprises a plurality of brush heads of the same number as saidcavities, and a single handle adapted to selectively engage any desiredbrush head, said top panel being formed with depressed chambersrespectively housing each of said brush heads, and said brush headsbeing vertically disposed in their chambers to facilitate engagementwith said handle.

4. A cosmetic kit according to claim 3 and wherein said top panel isformed with dimples respectively adjacent each chamber, said dimplesbeing colored to correspond with the colors of the pastes in therespective cavities so as to identify the predetermined chamber forhousing each brush head.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,767,567 6/1930 Weil l32-79.72,035,356 3/1936 White el al. l3279.8 2,485,320 10/1949 Rosenthal 132-792,628,625 2/1953 Pike 132-79 LOUIS G. MANCENE, Primary Examiner.

J. W. MITCHELL, Assistant Examiner.

